Here are numerous resources to assist students in securing funding and employment.

Funding Links

  • Archaeology Program Internal Graduate Student Funding Opportunities
  • AIA Fellowships They have many different funding opportunities.
  • BU Office of Fellowships and Scholarships
  • BU Office of Sponsored Programs
  • The Pathways Program (internships)
  • American Museum of Natural History internships (highly competitive – internship also)
    The Anthropology Internship Program offers academic credit, unpaid and paid internships for undergraduate and graduate students interested in careers in anthropology, museums or related fields. Anthropology interns work on projects relating to the collections or to the ongoing research interests of the curatorial staff in the museum or in the field.
  • American Archaeology Abroad Scholarship This annual fellowship program awards a $1500 fellowship stipend to an American undergraduate student to help pay expenses associated with participation in an excavation project.
  • Jane C. Waldbaum Archaeological Field School Scholarship This scholarship from the Archaeological Institute of America is intended to help students who are planning on participating in archaeological field work for the first time. The Scholarship fund provides $1000 USD to help pay expenses associated with a field school.
  • Explorers Club Youth Activity Fund For high school and college undergraduate students to enable them to participate in field research in the natural sciences under the supervision of a qualified scientist.
  • Fund for Education Abroad Applicants must be US citizens or permanent residents currently enrolled as undergraduates in US universities/colleges and who plan to study abroad for at least four weeks.  Awards are up to $10,000.  Look at the “Dedicated Scholarships” as well to see if you may be eligible to those specific awards.
  • Gilman International Scholarship (Federal Program for students who qualify for Pell Grants) The Gilman Scholarship Program aims to diversify the kinds of students who study and intern abroad and the countries and regions where they go by offering awards to U.S. undergraduates who might otherwise not participate due to financial constraints.
  • Phi Kappa Phi Study Abroad Scholarship Phi Kappa Phi Study Abroad Grants are designed to help support undergraduates as they seek knowledge and experience in their academic fields by studying abroad. Fifty $1,000 grants are awarded each year.
  • Welker Scholarship Fund The Maya Research Program offers a limited number of scholarships to promising students who will attend Blue Creek for at least two sessions. Students targeted for this award are advanced undergraduate or early graduate students in archaeology. The scholarships are funded by the Welker Scholarship Endowment Fund and supplemented by generous donors
  • American Association of University Women
  • American Council of Learned Societies Dissertation Fellowships
  • Guggenheim (Harry Frank) Foundation Dissertation Fellowship
  • Institute of International Education (Fulbright)
  • National Science Foundation Dissertation Improvement Grants
  • Smithsonian Institution Fellowships
  • Social Science Research Council
  • Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research
  • Explorers Club Exploration Fund Grants for scientific field research and exploration.
  • National Endowment for the Humanities NEH is an independent grant-making agency of the United States government dedicated to supporting research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities.
  • Council of American Overseas Research Centers The Council of American Overseas Research Centers hosts centers in numerous member countries. It has fellowship programs supporting: U.S. doctoral candidates and scholars in social sciences who wish to conduct research of regional or trans-regional significance; a Mellon East-Central European Research Fellowship supporting scholars in the humanities and allied social sciences to carry out research at institutes of advanced study in other countries, and; selected language study programs.
  • Council on Library and Information Resources CLIR works to maintain and improve access to information for generations to come. It administers the Mellon Fellowships for Dissertation Research in Original Sources. The fellowship program is to help junior scholars in the humanities and related social-science fields gain skill and creativity in developing knowledge from original sources (such as museums, archives and libraries). Applicants must be enrolled in a doctoral program in the U.S.
  • The Curtiss T. Brennan & Mary G. Brennan Foundation (not applicable to Mesoamerica) The Curtiss T. Brennan & Mary G. Brennan Foundation, a non-profit organization, was established in 1988 to provide funding support for archaeological field research, emphasizing in particular those regions of the world in which early centers of complex culture or civilization originated. The Brennan Foundation views its grants as seed money, as a catalytic agent enabling especially significant archaeological projects to initiate or dramatically expand work and progress to the point where traditional sources of major funding may be approached. Application must be made by the sponsoring institution through the principal investigator. Grants are not available for dissertation research.
  • The National Geographic Society Grants for scientific field research and exploration. All proposed projects must have both a geographical dimension and relevance to other scientific fields and be of broad scientific interest. In addition the committee is emphasizing multidisciplinary projects that address environmental issues (e.g., loss of biodiversity and habitat, effects of human-population pressures). Funding is not restricted to United States citizens. Researchers planning work in foreign countries should include at least one local collaborator as part of their research teams.
  • The Systematics Research Fund A joint fund of the Linnean Society and the Systematics Association, the Systematics Research Fund provides grants annually for small-scale research projects in the field of systematics. Contributions are typically made towards fieldwork expenditure, the purchase of scientific equipment or expertise (e.g. buying time on analytical equipment), specimen preparation (including the cost of temporary technical assistance), and publication costs. Projects of a more general or educational nature will also be considered, provided that they include a strong systematics component.
  • The Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation Provides grants of up to $10,580 to men and women whose individual initiative and work in a wide spectrum of disciplines furthers the Lindberghs’ vision of a balance between the advance of technology and the preservation of the natural/human environment.
  • American Anthropological Association The AAA is the world’s largest organization of individuals interested in anthropology. The AAA’s web site provides: information on career opportunities; lists information on meetings of interest to anthropologists throughout the year; contact information on all AAA Interest Groups, and offers links to Internet resources that are of interest to anthropologists.
  • Leakey Foundation The Leakey Foundation provides research funding to increase scientific knowledge and public understanding of human origins, evolution, behavior, and survival.
  • Social Science Research Council The SSRC has over 30 programs organized into five program areas. Grants and fellowships are specific to each program. The International Dissertation Research Fellowship supports research for social scientists with projects outside of the U.S.Employment Links